Actor compiling book on history of Iranian theater
“I have been gathering the information for many years,” he told the Mehr News Agency on Sunday.
“In my opinion, the book will be a supplement to the previous books written on this subject,” he added.
He has finished compiling the history of Iranian theater from the Achaemenid era to the beginning of the Pahlavi dynasty.
“Further study is needed from this period onward since it was the turning point in Iranian theater. I have talked to very many people with different views on this period,” he stated.
He went on to say that there are some exaggerations and distortions in the previous books.
“I have been acting on the stage in Iran since the 1940s and I have witnessed many incidents in the course of Iranian theater. Hence, I am the best one to comment on this subject,” he opined.
In 1941, Asadzadeh was the manager of the Tehran Theater which was later renamed the Nasr Theater.